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Employment Tribunal Statistics

Okay, this is depressing.

The MOJ has published the quarterly employment tribunal statistics for October to December 2013.  Unlike the July-Sept quarter, there is no 'skewing' effect from those who rushed to lodge claims before the introduction of fees in July 2013.

There was a 79% drop (compared with the same period in 2012) in the number of applications lodged.    The number of single claims has dropped from a monthly average of between 4,000 - 5,000, down to 1,700 (a drop of about 63%).

New Book: Employment Tribunal Claims - Tactics and Precedents (4th edition)
Naomi Cunningham and Michael Reed

'I would have given my eye teeth for this book as a newly qualified employment lawyer representing claimants.' SCOLAG
 
Claimants and their advisers finding themselves before an employment tribunal or the Employment Appeal Tribunal are faced with many procedures and rules that can confuse and mystify. Employment Tribunal Claims brings together an extensive collection of precedents with advice on the tactics needed to win a case.
 
New to this edition:
 
•    the new Employment Tribunals Rules of Procedure 2013
•    tribunal fees and fee remission, including expanded advice on deciding whether to bring a claim
•    guidance on the Early Conciliation Process (coming into force in April 2014)
 
There is depth and variety to give reassurance to beginners in the field. Employment Tribunal Claims will also serve as an excellent occasional resource for the established practitioner looking for some borrowed experience of a particular problem.
 
10% of the proceeds of the sales of this book will be donated to the Free Representation Unit!
 
Read a sample chapter, see the full contents, order online or download the Kindle eBook priced at £28.50
 
Pb 978 1 908407 35 1
£38, 448pp
December  2013

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Daniel Barnett is a barrister with 20 years’ experience litigating and advising in employment, HR and associated litigation. He is primarily a litigator, described in legal directories as “tenacious”, “inexhaustible” and “an excellent advocate” (see testimonials). He has been instructed by a Royal Family, international airlines, various FTSE-250 companies, local authorities, NHS Trusts, as well as a myriad of SMEs. Employee clients range from senior executives of quoted companies through to David & Victoria Beckham’s nanny. His specific areas of interest are post-termination restrictive covenants, age discrimination and retirement issues, industrial law (strikes), employment agencies and permanent health insurance disputes. He practises from Outer Temple Chambers, a highly regarded set of Chambers in London.
Outer Temple Chambers’ employment and discrimination team is an important player in the field. We have acknowledged expertise representing both employer and employee, covering all aspects of collective and individual employment law, including High Court breach of contract and injunction proceedings, and all aspects of individual and collective employment rights.

We appear regularly in the civil courts and tribunals, before the Central Arbitration Committee, all appellate courts, and in mediations. Members of our team also accept instructions to act as external decision-makers, and to advise public and private sector employers and service-providers.

Major test-cases in which members of the team appeared in 2010 include British Airways v Williams [2010] UKSC 16, which will determine the holiday pay of thousands of individuals across the aviation industry; Sagoo & ors v Birmingham City Council, believed to be the largest of the vast multi-claimant local authority equal pay cases; and USA v Nolan [2010] EWCA Civ 1223, which will affect the consultation rights of workers across Europe in relation to redundancy.

Members of Chambers who advise and represent in employment law disputes, listed in order of call (experience), are:-

  • Richard Lissack QC
  • Gerard McDermott QC
  • Andrew Short QC
  • Keith Bryant QC
  • Mark Mullins
  • Natasha Joffe
  • Daniel Barnett
  • Naomi Cunningham
  • Andrew Allen
  • Benjimin Burgher
  • Lydia Seymour
  • David Grant
  • James Arnold
  • Naomi Ling
  • Oliver Assersohn
  • Eleanor Davison
  • Michael Uberoi
  • Farhaz Khan
  • Saul Margo
  • Ben Bradley
  • Clare Baker
  • Samantha Cooper
  • Robert Dickason
  • Keira Gore
  • Nicholas Hill
  • Will Young
  • Katarina Sydow
  • Saaman Pourghadiri

Please see
www.outertemple.com for further details.
For further information, or to enquire about his
availability, please contact Daniel Barnett's clerks on 020 7353 6381 or visit www.danielbarnett.co.uk
Daniel Barnett
Outer Temple Chambers
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London, WC2R 1BA
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